Observer States

MOLI-Serbia: MAIN ACTIVITIES 2011

Study visit to Estonia
and Lithuania (22-25 November 2011)

MOLI Serbia Project organised a
multi-agency study visit to Tallinn,
Estonia and Vilnius, Lithuania
between 22 and 25 November 2011 with
the aim of gaining an insight into
best practices on money laundering
and terrorist financing in the
Baltic countries. The Serbian
delegation, consisting of
representatives of the
Administration for the Prevention of
Money Laundering (APML), National
Bank of Serbia, State Public
Prosecutor’s Office and Customs
Administration, held bilateral
meetings with Estonian and
Lithuanian Financial Intelligence
Units, Financial Supervision
Authorities, Law Enforcement
Agencies and Central Banks.

Interactive
Training on money laundering,
search, seizure, and
confiscation of the proceeds of
crime (Belgrade, 2-3 November
2011)

MOLI Serbia Project organized two-day training on money laundering, search, seizure, and confiscation of the proceeds of crime “Criminal Intelligence, Investigation and Prosecution - A Practical Perspective”. The interactive training, led by four Dutch experts in this field, was based on a practical case study adjusted to the needs of the Serbian system. The training was held in Hotel Continental in Belgrade, on 2 and 3 November 2011.

Training in i2 Bridge for
Serbian APML IT Analysts
(Fulbourn, United Kingdom, 6-7 October 2011)

Under the auspices of the MOLI-Serbia Project, two IT Analysts of the Serbian Administration for the Prevention of Money Laundering attended a two-day training course in i2 Bridge. The course, which took place in Fulbourn, Cambridge, UK, is designed to show IT professionals how to build a picture of how the database is structured and allow them to find data in different ways from i2 Analyst’s Notebook.

Study visit to Paris and La Rochelle France, 27-30 September 2011)

MOLI-Serbia Project organised a
study visit to Paris and La
Rochelle between 27 and 30
September 2011 with the aim of
providing the Serbian Customs
Authority with the practical
knowledge on structuralisation
and management of canine units.
The Serbian delegation,
consisting of three
representatives of the Customs
Administration and a
representative of the Council of
Europe, visited several canine
units of the French Customs in
Paris and the National School
for Customs Officers in La
Rochelle.

2nd Steering Committee meeting
(Belgrade, Serbia, 15 September 2011)

The second Steering Committee meeting of the MOLI Serbia Project took place in
Belgrade on 15 September 2011.
The members of the Steering
Committee reviewed the
activities carried out and
discussed the short-term planning
of activities.

Study visit to London (United Kingdom, 11-14 July 2011)

MOLI-Serbia Project organised a
multi-agency study visit to
London between 11 and 14 July
2011 with the aim of providing
first-hand experience in the
implementation of AML/CTF
standards. The Serbian
delegation consisted of
representatives of the
Administration for the
Prevention of Money Laundering (APML),
National Bank of Serbia, State
Public Prosecutor’s Office and
Customs Administration will hold
bilateral meetings with Serious
Organised Crime Agency (SOCA),
Financial Services Authority
(FSA) and the Gambling
Commission.

Workshop on Insurance Supervision (Belgrade, Serbia, 21 June 2011)

MOLI-Serbia Project organised a
workshop on insurance
supervision, which took place on
21 June 2011, in Hotel
Continental in Belgrade. The
workshop provided insurance
sector supervisors in Serbia
with information on best
practices available in other
European countries. Its
objective was to identify
specific issues concerning the
insurance supervision, provide
insight into supervisory
practice in Serbia and to AML/CTF
issues affecting the insurance
sector, provide guidelines on
supervision methods, off-site
monitoring and on-site
inspections. The beneficiary of
this activity was the National
Bank of Serbia.

Conference on Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism in Serbia (Belgrade, Serbia, 31 May 2011)

The Council
of Europe and the European Union
held a high-level Conference
on Prevention of Money
Laundering and Terrorist
Financing in the Context of
Serbia’s Role in European
Integration, which marked
the start of the MOLI-Serbia
Project. The Conference was held
at Hotel Continental in Belgrade
on 31 May 2011. The Conference
was opened by Prime Minister
Mirko Cvetkovic, Head of the
Delegation of the European Union
to Serbia H.E. Ambassador
Vincent Degert, and Director of
Co-operation of the Council of
Europe Marja Ruotanen.

Meeting of the working groups (WGs)
on the risks and typologies of
money laundering and financing
of terrorism (Belgrade, Serbia,
10 May 2011)

A WGs meeting on the risks and
typologies of money laundering
and financing of terrorism took
place at the Ministry of Finance
in Belgrade on 10 May 2011. The
groups discussed how to organise
and carry out a national
assessment and produced research
studies on the risks posed by
money laundering and financing
of terrorism. The meeting
focused on the risks of formal
and informal money transfers and
abuse of Non-Profit
Organisations for money
laundering purposes. The WGs
also assessed how the risks of
money laundering may affect
other sectors, such as property
and real estate, trade-based
money laundering, sports and
terrorist financing in Serbia.

The MOLI-Serbia
project’s 1st Steering Committee
meeting and the start-up
workshop took place in Belgrade
on 24 March 2011. The
participants of the workshop
discussed the proposed workplan
of activities and approved the
final version of it. The members
of the Steering Committee were
also presented to the workshop
and confirmed by the latter. The
workshop also decided to hold a
high visibility event in May
2011 to raise awareness about
the money laundering and
terrorism financing issues in
Serbia.

The MOLI-Serbia
Project start-up
activities took place in
Belgrade during 17-20 January
2011. The project mission team
held bilateral meetings with the
representatives of the European
Union Delegation to Serbia and
the main counterpart
organisations, the
Administration for the
Prevention of Money Laundering (APML)
and the Ministry of Finance.
Subsequent meetings were also
held with the representatives of
the beneficiaries. The aim of
the meetings was to preliminary
asses the money
laundering/terrorist financing
issues in Serbia and the
preparation of the project
workplan. The meetings was
followed by a workshop on 19
January 2011, where a progress
review and assessment of the
specific activities were made
and the drafting of the workplan
of activities has started. The
draft workplan will later be
subject to approval of the
project’s start-up steering
committee meeting to finalise
it.